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		<h1>Setting up</h1>
		
		<h2>System requirements</h2>
		
		<p>
			To use PDF Graphics .NET, you need to have one of the following .NET Runtimes installed:
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				<li> Microsoft .NET Framework <strong>2.0</strong></li>
				<li> Microsoft .NET Framework <strong>3.0</strong></li>
				<li> Microsoft .NET Framework <strong>3.5</strong></li>
				<li> Microsoft .NET Framework <strong>4.0</strong></li>
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		<h3>Binary dependencies</h3>
		
		<p>There are no library dependencies.</p>
		
		<h2>Installation</h2>
		
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			To install PDF Graphics .NET, download the latest version from the web site and run the setup package.
			The setup package will extract the library files, together with this documentation and sample code projects.
			No further installation is required.			
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		<h2>Getting started</h2>
		
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			To use PDF Graphics .NET in a Visual Studio project, add a reference to the <span class="code">PdfCreative.Pdf.Graphics.dll</span> file.
			You can find the library in the <span class="code">\bin</span> folder of the installation directory
			(e.g. <span class="code">C:\Program Files\PDF Graphics\</span>), or you can copy the files inside the <span class="code">\bin</span>
			folder to your project's folder.
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			The library actually consists of four files:
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					<span class="code">PdfCreative.Pdf.Graphics.dll</span> - The .NET code library,
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					<span class="code">PdfCreative.Pdf.Graphics.dll.xml</span> - The comments file (required for intellisense and highly recommended),
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					<span class="code">PdfCreative.Pdf.Writer.dll</span> - The underlying PDF writer (internal usage),
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					<span class="code">PdfCreative.Pdf.Writer.dll.xml</span> - Comments file for the PDF writer
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			The comments file is not required by the library, but is used by Visual Studio to provide pop-up help for classes and methods
			used by the library. It is highly recommended especially for beginning users. The
			<span class="code">PdfCreative.Pdf.Writer.dll</span> is required by PDF Graphics .NET, but you do not need to a add
			a reference to it in your project. As long as the file is located in the same path as the
			<span class="code">PdfCreative.Pdf.Graphics.dll</span> file, your project will work.
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			The main classes can be found in the <span class="code">PdfCreative.Pdf.Graphics</span> namespace. The most important of these is the
			<a href="reference/Graphics.html">Graphics</a> class.
			See the <a href="Creating_pdf_documents.html">Creating PDF documents</a> section for more information on
			how to use the <span class="code">Graphics</span> class to create your documents.
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